List of facilities and equipment of NASA
The list of equipment and facilities of NASA lists equipment and facilities under the direction of the US aerospace agency NASA are.
Research centers
- Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, California, 37 ° 24 ′ 54 ″ N , 122 ° 3 ′ 45 ″ W
- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), Edwards Air Force Base, near Lancaster, California , 34 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ N , 117 ° 53 ′ 12 ″ W
- Glenn Research Center (GRC) at Brook Park, Ohio , 41 ° 24 '46.2 " N , 81 ° 51' 44.6" W.
- Goddard Space Flight Center in Prince George's County, Maryland, 38 ° 59 ′ 32 ″ N , 76 ° 51 ′ 8 ″ W.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California ; Part of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 34 ° 11 ′ 58 " N , 118 ° 10 ′ 28" W.
- Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, Virginia , 37 ° 5 ′ 34 " N , 76 ° 22 ′ 52.8" W
- National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) ( Space Science and Technology Alliance ), 34 ° 43 ′ 30 " N , 86 ° 38 ′ 42" W
Radio stations
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), Tidbinbilla near Canberra, Australia, part of the Deep Space Network , 35 ° 24 ′ 5 ″ S , 148 ° 58 ′ 54 ″ E
- Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), 60 kilometers north of Barstow, California , part of the Deep Space Network , 35 ° 25 ′ 36 ″ N , 116 ° 53 ′ 24 ″ W
- Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station , 35 ° 35 ′ 2 ″ S , 148 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ E
- Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC), Robledo de Chavela near Madrid, Spain, part of the Deep Space Network , 40 ° 25 ′ 53 ″ N , 4 ° 14 ′ 53 ″ W
- Near Earth Network (NEN), part of the Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Orroral Valley Tracking Station (part of NASA's Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN)) 50 km south of Canberra , Australia, 35 ° 37 ′ 43 ″ S , 148 ° 57 ′ 21 ″ E
Control centers and administration
- Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, 29 ° 33 ′ 23 " N , 95 ° 5 ′ 15" W
- NASA Headquarters, Independence Square Complex in Washington, DC , 38 ° 52 ′ 58.8 ″ N , 77 ° 0 ′ 58.7 ″ W
Production and test centers
- Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont (West Virginia)
- John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi , 30 ° 22′N , 89 ° 36′W
- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama , 34 ° 42 ′ 40 ″ N , 86 ° 39 ′ 13 ″ W
- Michoud Assembly Facility east of New Orleans (Louisiana), in cooperation with Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems, 30 ° 1 ′ 22 ″ N , 89 ° 54 ′ 54 ″ W
- White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, 32 ° 33 ′ 47 " N , 106 ° 34 ′ 12" W.
Take-off and landing facilities
- Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, 28 ° 35 ′ 7 ″ N , 80 ° 39 ′ 3 ″ W
- Shuttle Landing Facility , 28 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ N , 80 ° 41 ′ 40 ″ W.
See also
Planes
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
- Shuttle Training Aircraft
- and much more.
Ships
Others
- Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas
- NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking complexes
- NASA Integrated Services Network (NISN), part of the Marshall Space Flight Center
- NASA Office of Inspector General (Internal Audit)
- NASA STI Program (STIPO)
- NASA Visitor Center ( Wallops Flight Facility )
- Office of Logic Design
Web links
- www.nasa.gov NASA Centers and Facilities
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